More magnitude-3 aftershocks expected in Southern California in coming days

Aftershocks continued to rattle Southern California Saturday night and early Sunday morning and more are expected in the coming days following Friday night’s magnitude-5.1 earthquake that shook homes and businesses throughout Los Angeles, Inland Empire and Orange counties and caused more than two dozen homes to be red-tagged in Fullerton.

Following Friday’s earthquake and Saturday afternoon’s magnitude-4.1 aftershock that struck just after 2:30 p.m. near Rowland Heights, the area continued to rumble with multiple magnitude-3 aftershocks late Saturday night. A magnitude-3.3 aftershock struck about 1.7 miles south of La Habra at 10:51 p.m. Saturday and a magnitude-3.2 quake was centered about 2.2 miles south-southeast of La Habra at 11:17 p.m Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The number of aftershocks — less than 200 so far — is “very normal and dying off as expected,” said U.S. Geological Survey Seismologist Lucy Jones via Twitter. “Meaning probably more (magnitude) 3s this week.”

Other smaller magnitude aftershocks, which rattled nerves particularly in La Habra, were also recorded in the general area Sunday morning.

Friday night’s magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered just east of La Habra was felt throughout the region, however the damage it caused was primarily isolated to a pocket in Fullerton where 26 homes were red-tagged, officials said.

But there were no new reports of damage in Fullerton, where 20 apartments and six homes were initially deemed unsafe to inhabit, Fullerton police officials announced in a written statement.

“Of the residences that were originally red-tagged, residents in the 20 apartments on North Associated have been allowed to return to their residences, after structural engineers cleared the properties for re-entry,” according to the police statement.